Wild Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac

Wild Pitch Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for wild pitches - including career marks, single season plateaus, and game related records.

"You can't hit what you can't see." - Hall of Fame Hurler Walter Johnson (First American League Pitcher to Throw Four Wild Pitches During the Same Inning)

Wild Pitch Records Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career	AL	Jack Morris	Detroit	155	206
			Minnesota	15
			Toronto	23
			Cleveland	13
	NL	Mickey Welch	Troy	52	274
			New York	222
	ML	Nolan Ryan	New York	23	277
			Houston	104
			California	102
			Texas	48
Wild Pitch Records Single Season Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Season	AL	Juan Guzman	Toronto	26	1993
	NL	Bill Stemmeyer	Boston	63	1886
Most Innings Without 1 Wild Pitch	AL	Alvin Crowder	Washington	327	1932
	NL	Joe McGinnity	New York	340	1906
Wild Pitch Records Game Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In a Game (Since 1893)	AL	Jack Morris	Detroit	5	08-03-1987
		Charlie Wheatley	Detroit		09-27-1912
	NL	Bill Gullickson	Montreal	6	04-10-1982
		Phil Niekro	Atlanta		08-04-1979
		J.R. Richard	Houston		04-10-1979
Most In An Inning	AL	Walter Johnson	Washington	4	09-21-1914
					4^th Inning
		Kevin Gregg	Anaheim		07-25-2004
					8^th Inning
		R.A. Dickey	Seattle		08-17-2008
					5^th Inning
	NL	Phil Niekro	Atlanta	4	08-04-1979
					5^th Inning
		Ryan Madson	Philadelphia		07-25-2006
					3^rd Inning
	PL	Bert Cunningham	Buffalo	5	09-15-1890
					1^st Inning
Most Innings In A Single Game Without A Wild Pitch	AL	Jack Coombs	Philadelphia	24	09-01-1906
		Joe Harris	Boston		09-01-1906
	NL	Leon Cadore	Brooklyn	26	05-01-1920
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data

Did you know that Mike Corcoran, in his only game ever on the mound, tied the Major League record for wild pitches during a debut game with five? The only other player with this dubious debut was George Winkelman who also had five wild pitches in his first Major League start.

On April 14, 1914, Larry Cheney of the Chicago Cubs became the only pitcher to throw four wild pitches during an Opening Day game.

Nolan Ryan (1972, 1977-1978, 1981, 1986, 1989), Larry Cheney (1912-1914, 1916-18), and Jack Morris (1983-1985, 1987, 1991, 1994) have each led a league in wild pitches a Major League leading six different seasons.

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